Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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